Quark is a software platform for publishing. Quark is released by Quark, Inc, a privately owned software company.
Quark, Inc. was founded 1981 in Denver, Colorado. It is called Quark because the company's goal is to "create software that would be the platform for publishing", just as quarks are the basis for all matter. As of August 2008, Quark's offerings include:
- QuarkXPress (QXP) - desktop publishing layout editor
- Quark Publishing System (QPS) - an editorial system / workflow system
- Quark CopyDesk - a professional text editor
- Quark Content Manager (QCM) - a content management system
- QuarkXPress Server - a server version of QuarkXPress (formerly known as QuarkDDS)
- Quark Print Collection - Imposition Software for Adobe Acrobat and QuarkXPress
- Quark Interactive Designer - an Adobe Flash authoring program.
- Dynamic Publishing Solution - a server-based version solution for dynamic publishing, incorporating all products of Quark
- Xpress Author - a plug-in for Microsoft Word, adding bi-directional XML authoring capabilities.
Today, Quark has competitor, InDesign. The competition between QuarkXPress and and is still fierce and market share of the two applications is subject to speculation, especially as InDesign is mostly sold in conjunction of Adobe's Suite (and therefore doesn't imply market use).
Estimated, then the market share of QuarkXPress was eight times higher than competitor Adobe InDesign, according to last reliable study was conducted 2004 by Merrill Lynch.
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